Hello and welcome to episode Fourteen of The Equine System podcast. The Equine system is all about training horses and being the best leader that we can be for our horse.

This episode focuses on working all four parts of the horse on a simple pattern. "Left left left, right right right", is the first ridden pattern I teach every horse and every rider who comes to us for training. although it is simple that does not mean easy. The value comes when we begin communicating with all four parts of our horse and improving each turn by 1%.

If there is one thing, I wish for you to carry with you every time you ride a corner, it is "Lift the nose, open the shoulder, bend the rib, engage the hind." I hope that you dream about these turns for the next week.... I know I do.

There are a couple of things that you need to know before we start. We want to be the leader of our horse, not because we want to be the boss or because our ego is inflated when we're in charge. I like to be the leader of my horse, because I like to make decisions that keep us both safe and.... if I can be the leader of my horse, we can achieve impossible things together.

Each session of season two will start with a safe horse, a motivator and yourself, in a safe environment. Horses are unpredictable animals; it is important that if you are learning these exercises, you do so on an educated safe horse which is appropriate for your ability and skill level. (This session we will also use 4 cones or markers to help us visualize our corners and pattern.)

Today I'm in an arena, I've got some walls. It doesn't matter if you haven't got a fancy arena, but if you're working up against barbed wire or your horse is afraid of the tools that you're using, probably you should have a look at the equine system on YouTube and see how we got a wild Brumby stallion to the level that we're going to be working with today.

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